JHEN1DAH. May 4 Law and order situation In Jhenldah dist net seem to be deteriorat ing day by day in the fall of slow pace of anna recovery

According to reports, some unknown armedmen picked up Abdul Halim. 26 ot village Ratnat tn Sailkupa thana of the district from his house in the night of April 18 The armed men then left Halim tn a field with fatal injuries Next day Halim was rushed to Magura sadar hospital In critical condition and succumbed to his In juries, police said

Nazru) Islam. 25. an activist of Bangladesh Chhatra League was hacked to death on 4381 April 19

Eyewitnesses said some armedmen attacked him near village Mingram in Sailkupa thana He died on way to hospital village enmity might be the cause of the incident, police suspects

Mirzan 20 ot village Baithapara in Harinakunou thana of the district was killed on last April 18

According to reports he was abducted by a group of armedmen. Later his body was recovered from an abandoned large well at village Kulbarta In same thana. The victims and the killers both might be ac tivists of an outlawed party, police suspected.

On April 17 last, a village doctor Wares /Ml 56. of village Ganna in Jhenldah sadar thana was beaten to death by an angry teenage girl named Shewly

Police sources said. Wares Ali while returning home, sud-

denly entered into the house of Shewly and allegedly began to rape her When ne was coming outside the house Just after the incident Shewly repeatedly hit Ah with a crowbar The man succumbed to his Injuries

Shewty admitted the fact of murder to the police tn her confessional statement, police said

Sabita Rani. 26. a housewife of village Narayanpur in sadar thana was allegedly beaten to death by her husband Monojit Das allegedly for downy

According to police she was married about five years back Her family paid Taka 16.000 to Monojit Das as dowry On April 13 last when Monojit again pushed Rani to bring a television set from her father s house, she refused Das repeatedly beat her to death and hanged the body to prove that Sabita had committed suicide Police identified signs of torture on her body, it was learnt

Bankar. 8, and Sankar. 7 of village Nischintapur Rishipara in Kaliganj thana were strangu lated to death allegedly by their brother In law Bijoy Das In the night of April 5 last

According to police, to be come the owner of a building and land property, accused Biloy along with three other miscreants Drought Bankar and Sankar tn Jhenldah town and left the bodies near Arappur bus stop after committing murder Police arrested three persons including the brother in-law

A daring bus dacoity was committed on a Dhaka bound night coach of Ananda Paribahan in the night of April 4 last.

According to reports, a gang of armed miscreants numbering 7 to 8 took control of the steering from the driver of gun point near Barobazar in Kaliganj thana and looted valu ables from the passengers worth about Taka sixty thou sand

Sohrab Hossain. 24. of village Dhopabila in Kotchandpur thana of the district was snot dead by a group of armedmen on the night of last April 5.

Mlzanur Rahman. 25. of village Kusumpur in Mohespur thana was chopped to death by a group of armedmen on the night of March 31 last

Police sources said when Mlzanur was guarding his shallow machine In the village some armedmen chopped him to death on the spot

During arms recovery campaign started from April 1 this year, only one rifle, one SBBL gun. one country made pistol eight plpeguns. 19 rounds of ammunitions 19 handboombs. 10 sharp deadly weapons were recovered Police, however could not arrest anybody

Police sources claimed, they arrested 84 accused (who were wanted in GR. CR and regular cases) recovered 50 bottles of banned drug, phensedyl syrup, nine litres of wine and 25 pieces of Indian sarees from different parts of the district